Kiev was founded February 27, 1932. The region is divided into 25 cities including 11 cities of regional importance and 14 - meaning the district, 29 towns, 1132 villages. Total quantity of settlements -1186. Land area is 28.4 thousand square kilometers (4.7% in Ukraine). Number of population of the region is 1795.3 thousand people, including: urban - 1047.8 thousand people, rural - 747.8 thousand people, density of population per 1 sq. km. km. - 64 persons. Region has 8200 kilometers of good roads. Area of arable land is 1.7 million ha, or 4 and 2% of the total land area of Ukraine. In Kyiv region is 10 thousand small enterprises. Investment Policy The basis of the industrial potential of the region is about 400 large and medium-sized enterprises. In terms of foreign investments the region takes third place among the regions (5.3% of total investments in the Ukraine), today it is 813.8 million. USA. In international investment cooperation involved 309 regional enterprises and their partners from 53 countries. The structure of foreign direct investment largest share investments from the Netherlands - 44.1% United Kingdom - 12.8% United States - 8.2%, Poland - 5.6%, Cyprus - 4.3% of Denmark -- 4.2%, Germany - 3.7%. Construction: In the continuing positive trend with an increase in housing construction. In 2007 due to all sources of funding built tys.kv.m 856.7 total housing, which is 21.5% more than in 2006. Therapeutic housing the polling station in the village hospital Byshiv Makarov district (unfinished building) transformed under 63 years of house apartments medambulatoriyeyu total area of 4.5 thousand square kilometers. meters. In addition, the purchased home for two families with triplets born in the village and Mironovka Heysyha Stavysche area. In facilities housing the works of 212 objects. Financial System: 74 branches of commercial banks, commodity exchanges 3, 9 leasing companies, 17 credit unions. Culture and leisure: In the region there are over 880 clubs, including 842 of the Ministry of Culture and Arts of Ukraine, 905 libraries, three parks and recreation centers, 16 state museums and over 240 museums on a voluntary basis, 58 schools of aesthetic education of children.